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Cominform 1947 For A Lasting Peace, For A People’s Democracy FOR A LASTING PEACE, FOR A PEOPLE’S DEMOCRACY Full and complete Reports submitted to the Nine Communist Parties’ Conference held at Warsaw in September 1947 PEOPLE’S PUBLISHING HOUSE, LTD. Bombay, 1948 First Indian Edition March 1948 PUBLISHER’S NOTE We are printing in the following pages the full reports as submitted by the representa- tives of the leading Communist Parties of Europe who attended the Informatory Con- ference held in Warsaw towards the end of September 1947. They have been taken from the fortnightly organ of the Commu- nist Information Bureau, For A Lasting Peace, For A People’s Democracy!—Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. CONTENTS COMMUNIQUÉ ....................................................................................................1 DECLARATION ....................................................................................................2 RESOLUTION ......................................................................................................5 EDVARD KARDELJ: The Communist Party of Yugoslavia in the Struggle for the Independence of the Yugoslav Peoples.... and Socialist Reconstruction of the Economy ...............................................6 1. The Party in the Period of the National Liberation War ............................................... 7 2. The Role of the Party in the Political and Economic Construction of the New Yugoslavia .................................................................................................................... 18 WLADISLAW GOMULKA: The Activities of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Poland .................................................................. 28 G. MALENKOV: The Activities of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) ....................... 44 1. Directing the National Economy in the Post-war Period ............................................ 44 2. Problems of Building the Party .................................................................................... 52 3. The Foreign Policy of the CPSU (B) ............................................................................. 59 JACQUES DUCLOS: The French Communist Party in the Struggle for the Independence of the Country against American Expansionism ............... 63 1. The Economic Situation in the Country....................................................................... 63 2. The Remadier Government in the Halter of the American Imperialists .................... 70 3. For a Free, Independent France................................................................................... 73 R. SLANSKY: The Activities of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia after the Liberation of the Country ............................................................ 77 1. The Role of the New Democracy in Czechoslovakia .................................................... 78 2 The National Front and the Fight against Reaction .................................................... 85 3. The Party ..................................................................................................................... 86 4. Foreign Policy .............................................................................................................. 88 M. DJILAS: The Organisational Work of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia ................................................................................................ 91 V. CHERVENKOV: The Activities of the Bulgarian Workers’ Party (Communists) ............................................................................................... 97 1. The Struggle for People’s Power in Bulgaria .............................................................. 99 2. The Economic Development of the Country .............................................................. 102 3. Question of Foreign Policy ......................................................................................... 106 4. The Political and Organisational Work of the Party ................................................ 107 5. The Principal Tasks of the Party ............................................................................... 112 G. GEORGIU-DEJ: The Communist Party of Rumania in the Struggle for the Democratisation of the Country .................................................. 114 1. The Struggle for a New Regime in Rumania ............................................................. 114 2. The Democratic Transformation in the Country ...................................................... 119 3. For Further Development of the New Democracy .................................................... 124 J. REVAI: The Activities of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party ...................................................................................... 127 1. The Political Situation in the Country ...................................................................... 127 2. The Struggle Around the Formation of the New Government ................................. 131 3. The Line of the Party in the New Conditions and its Prospects ............................... 132 4. Party Activities .......................................................................................................... 136 5. Foreign Policy ............................................................................................................ 138 LUIGI LONGO: The Activities of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Italy ........................................................................ 142 1. The struggle to Overthrow the Fascist Regime. Organisation of the National Liberation Movement. Guerrilla Warfare ................................................................. 142 2. The Activity of the Party during the Period of American Occupation ...................... 146 3. For the Creation of a Broad Popular Democratic Front of Struggle, for Peace and National Independence ....................................................................................... 152 COMMUNIQUE On The Informative Conference of Representatives of a Number of Communist Parties At the end of September 1947, an informative conference was held in Poland with the participation of the following parties: the Communist Party of Yugoslavia—Comrades E. Kardelj and M. Djilas; the Bulgarian Workers’ Party (Communists)—Comrades V. Chervenkov and V. Poptomov; the Com- munist Party of Rumania—Comrades G. Dej and A. Pauker; the Hungarian Communist Party—Comrades M. Farkas and J. Revai; the Polish Workers’ Party—Comrades W. Gomulka and G. Minc; the Communist Party of the So- viet Union (Bolsheviks)—Comrades A. Zhdanov and G. Malenkov; the Com- munist Party of France—Comrades J, Duclos and E. Fajon; the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia—Comrades R. Slansky and S. Bashtovansky, and the Communist Party of Italy—Comrades L. Longo and E. Reale. The participants in the Conference heard informative reports on the ac- tivities of the Central Committees of the Parties represented at the Confer- ence made by Comrades E, Kardelj and M, Djilas for the Communist Party of Yugoslavia; by Comrade V. Chervenkov for the Bulgarian Workers’ Party (Communists); by Comrade G. Dej for the Communist Party of Rumania; by Comrade I. Revai for the Hungarian Communist Party; by Comrade W. Gomulka for the Polish Workers’ Party; by Comrade G. Malenkov for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks); by Comrade J. Duclos for the Communist Party of France; by Comrade R. Slansky for the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and by Comrade L. Longo for the Communist- Party of Italy. After exchanging their opinions on these reports, the participants in the Conference decided to discuss the question of the international situation and the question of the interchange of experience as well as that of coordina- tion of the activities of the Communist Parties represented at the Conference. A report on the international situation was made by Comrade A. Zhda- nov. The participants in the Conference exchanged opinions on the report, ar- rived at complete agreement on the present international situation and on the tasks arising therefrom, and unanimously adopted a declaration on the question of the international situation. A report on the interchange of experience and the coordination of the activities of the Communist Parties was -made by Comrade W. Gomulka. On this question the Conference has decided, in view of the negative effect caused by the absence of contacts among the Parties represented at .the Con- ference, and taking into account the need for mutual exchange of experience, to set up an Information Bureau. The Information Bureau will consist of representatives the Central 1 Committees of the above-mentioned Parties. The task of the Information Bu- reau will be to organize interchange of experience among the Parties, and, if need be, to coordinate their activities on the basis of mutual agreement. It was decided that the Information Bureau would publish a printed organ. The Information Bureau and the editorial office of its official publica- tion will be located in the city of Belgrade. DECLARATION The representatives of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, the Bulgar- ian Workers’ Party (Communists), the Communist Party of Rumania, the Hungarian Communist Party, the Polish Workers’ Party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), the Communist Party of France, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Communist Party of Italy, hav-
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